Greensboro sit-ins

The Greensboro sit-ins occurred from 1 February to 25 July 1960 in the city of Greensboro, North Carolina when African-American Civil Rights movement protesters sat at segregated lunch counters in the Woolworth department store chain. The protesters also sat at lunch counters at Walgreens and Kress department stores, and the stores attempted to force the African-Americans out with the help of the Ku Klux Klan. On 25 July 1960, Walgreens store manager Clarence Harris asked for three black workers to change their clothes and order meals at the lunch counter, and they were served. This brought an end to the unrest, and the boycotts against the stores came to an end in a Civil Rights movement victory.